VideoMonitor 2.1

VideoMonitor 2.1 is one of the most salutary webcam application that can capture images from any video devices including Webcams and USB cameras, save the video in WMV format to your disk, and take snapshots automatically based on a user-defined time.

VideoMonitor is a comprehensive FREE webcam application that gives you unprecedented control over the snapshots from your camera. VideoMonitor is released as free software under the GNU General Public License.

Major Features:

1. Built-in FTP client to upload snapshots to an Internet FTP server
2. Built-in webserver to turn your computer and home Internet connection into a mini-webcam-website
3. Automatic image captioning with transparency and support for multiple captions
4. High-quality image manipulation system, including automatic:
   • Image resizing, with bicubic/bilinear interpolation (used by industry-standard image editing software)
   • Image cropping, to remove unwanted areas of snapshots
   • Image sharpening, to increase image clarity
   • Image softening, to increase image smoothness
   • Color, brightness, and contrast adjustment (independent from your camera's built-in color management)
5. Advanced motion detection system to alert you whenever motion is detected on your camera
6. Recent snapshot history browser
7. Manual snapshot feature to take snapshots on demand

Requirements:

• For general webcam use:
• • Minimum Required
  • • Microsoft Windows 98 or better
    • 300MHz CPU or better
    • 64MB RAM
    • 57.6Kbps Internet Connection
    • Microsoft Windows-compatible video capture device
  • Recommended
  • • Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP
    • 600MHz CPU or better
    • 256MB RAM
    • 57.6Kbps Internet Connection or Broadband
    • Microsoft Windows-compatible video capture device
• For motion detection:
• • Minimum Required
  • • Microsoft Windows 98 or better
    • 600MHz CPU or better
    • 128MB RAM
    • Microsoft Windows-compatible video capture device
  • Recommended
  • • Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP
    • 1.5GHz CPU or better
    • 256MB RAM
    • Microsoft Windows-compatible video capture device